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It’s a busy time of the year for town and country with all roads leading to the Northland Field Days here in Dargaville — and not least for the staff of the Northern Farming Lifestyles who have been working to tight deadlines tobring the pages of this Field Days’ special edition to you.

We are proud to be closely associated with this huge event both as an observer as well as a participant.

Farming is the lifeblood of our region and as a newspaper we strive to provide a channel of communication for the rural community, bringing you stories and viewpoints ‘from behind the farm gate’ and keeping you informed of vital developments affecting the agricultural industry.

The Field Days at Awakino Point East Road are a high point for all of us, bringing around 25,000 visitors from town and country to meet the products and services of some 550 exhibitors.

It seems like yesterday, but it’s now been five years since the first edition of Northern Farming Lifestyles rolled off the press.

In that time we have grown not only to cover 33,300 rural addresses between the Auckland harbour bridge and Cape Reinga, but also to expand into other

regional farming areas, and are now also the publishers of Waikato Farming Lifestyles, Taranaki-Manawatu Farming Lifestyles and Canterbury Farming.

It is a stable of publications that provides us with an in-depth knowledge of, and appreciation for, the wider New Zealand farming community, and we look forward to the on-going opportunities we have to share with our readers and our advertisers.

We trust you will enjoy this edition, enjoy the Field Days, and have a great 2013.

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It is perhaps timely for us to remember the huge contribution to growing this event, over almost a quarter of a century, was made by our former president, the late Dave Phillips.

This is the first Field Days to follow Dave’s passing and I trust it will be a fitting tribute to his decades of hard work, which included leading the drive to purchase our own dedicated property.

One again, the Field Days will be a golden opportunity for town and country to come together in an exposition to keep the farming as well as the wider community informed and up to date over a wide spectrum of advances in technology, science, and goods and services.

Farmers tend to save up big purchases for the Field Days to take advantage of time and money saving opportunities at this event.

An Enterprise Northland economic impact study has shown the majority of

folk specifically visit the Field Days to buy something, with spending also going on food and accommodation, which boosts the wider local economy.

There are not so many times in a year when farmers have all the dealers in one place and this is a huge time saving opportunity. To make matters better, most dealers save up some of their best specials for this time.

Many businesses see now as the right time to expand their share of the steadily growing agricultural industry.

Better scheduling this year between the Northland Field Days and regional events in the Central Districts and the South Island has meant that more businesses can actually make the trip up to Dargaville without missing out on the other two events.

It doesn’t matter if you’re a farmer, a lifestyle block owner or if you live in a town, there will be plenty for you

to see and do at the 2013 Northland Field Days.

We are especially impressed with the lifestyle tent turnout. We have everything from olive oil, crafts, liqueurs and paintings through to the latest tractors, harvesters, and motor vehicles, with everything in between.

The traditional rural pursuits, the dog trials, the tractor pulls, as well as a wide variety of other activities and top class entertainment are also on offer.

I look forward to seeing you there.

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Lew DugganIt’s Lew’s third year as President. A member for 10 years, is Chairperson of the Employment sub-committee, and is on the Sponsorship/Advertising/Media, Tractor Pull, Compliance and Finance sub-committees.

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Jason KenaA member for 13 years, Jason is the Compliance Chairperson and on the Events and Property sub-committees.

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Mike Kissick (not pictured)A member for two years. He helps out on the grounds.

Committee Associates: Basil Cole, Glen Stevenson, Mark Phillips, Michael Groome, Ross Newlove, Luke Beehre, Nigel Beazley, Robert Yates, Nigel Beazley.

Patron: George Montgomery has been actively involved with the Northland Field Days for many years. He was a committee member for several years also. In 2003 he was elected as patron in recognition of his long-term involvement over the years.

Staff Members: Meagan Edmonds – Events Administrator. Fairly new to Dargaville, Meagan originally hails from the Waikato and brings many years of administration experience into our team.

Brian JacksonA member for seven years, Brian is on the Sponsorship/Advertising/Media,Catering, Events, and Property sub-committees.

John WitheyA member for six years, John is on the Property sub-committee.

Julie GeangeA member for five years, Julie is Chairperson for Funding, Chairperson for Sponsorship/Advertising/Media.She is also on the Compliance, Events, Employment, and Catering sub-committees.

Ernie DawesA member for four years, Ernie is on the Property and Events sub-committee.

Chrissie RobinsonChrissie was a member from 1988 and Treasurer for eight years from 1992. She became an Associate member and after having a break, has returned and been a member again for three years. She is the Chairperson for Finance and is on the Funding sub-committee.

Sue KernotSue was the Secretary from 1994 for six years and became a member after this. She had a three year break and has been a member again for three years as the Treasurer. She is also on the Employment and Finance sub-committees.

John PhillipsA member for three years after many as an Associate. He is Chairperson of the Tractor Pull sub-committee.

Anne PullA member for four years after many as an Associate. Anne is the Minutes Secretary and is the Chairperson of the Events. She is the Programme Editor and is on the Sponsorship/Advertising/Media sub-committee.

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Red fruit, real loveby Rose Rees-Owen

Among the fruit salad of variety in Clive and Debbie Panther’s Te Kopuru, Kaipara, orchard are 400 tamarillo trees and the sensual looking fruit suit the couple who describe each other as “soul mates.”

They met in 1975 and three weeks later they were engaged. Debbie was dating Clive’s good friend, Mike and when things didn’t work out, Clive showed up on her door step driving a yellow sports car and announced that he was going to a party.

“I told him that if he wanted a partner, I would come,” says Debbie with a hearty laugh and assured that Mike was still a good friend and was even best man at their wedding.

The couple married within the year and Clive says that the odds were against them but 37 years of marriage later they are still very much in love.

“We’re a team — Debbie’s my back up and I’m hers.”

Clive and Debbie Panther, 37 years of marriage and still very much in love

They moved from Auckland in their first year of marriage to a lifestyle block in the sheltered and warm microclimate of Te Kopuru, near Dargaville, and around three years ago they began to grow a bumper crop of tamarillo trees.

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Tamarillo farm 001: Tamarillo farm 012:Tamarillo farm 015: The picking season, March to early September, gives Clive time to work on his hobbies including redoing a 1974 Jensen Healey

They package their fruit to sell at the Auckland markets and have been blown away from the positive feedback they’ve received.“The markets are just so pleased with our product and they said they have people ordering our tamarillos even before they’re on the floor.”

The type of tamarillo that they grow is called ‘lairds large’ and each fruit can be around 155g and the couple say it’s not uncommon to have around 30kg of fruit on each tree.

“We grade really high too — we’d rather chuck away less desirable fruit than include it.”

The pair chose tamarillos because it’s an easy crop to manage as they near retirement. The fruit is packaged into 8kg boxes which are light and easy to lift, and the fruiting season, from March to early September, lets the couple enjoy the outdoors in the summer.

“It lets me go fishing, the real important stuff, and then when the fish aren’t biting in the winter months, I can pick — it’s really the ideal crop,” chuckles Clive.

Clive adds that aesthetics also added to their decision. “There’s nothing nicer than seeing a tamarillo tree with all this lovely red fruit on it — they look like lanterns, it’s beautiful.”

While the couple say that growing tamarillos is “ace” Clive warns that it’s not as easy as planting them.

Debbie underneath the tamarillo trees.

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They had help from their horticulturalist “guru” and friend, John Addison and have tended to the trees with care.

Last year they wrapped around 300 tree trunks to protect them against frost, a job which took a good two days.

“It’s a bit different than wrapping the children’s lunches for school.” says Debbie.

Their four boys, Michael, James, Tim and Daniel have left home with three moving to Australia and their youngest, Daniel getting married to a school teacher in Christchurch in late December with Debbie having the honour of making the wedding cake.

Debbie says that while the boys were home they always had a vegetable garden and fresh fruit as well as rearing cows as they wanted to live as sustainably as possible.

“We were living the good life in Te Kopuru and we still are. We love growing trees and we actually have to force ourselves off the property — I mean its paradise.”


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Along with the coffee grounds Fodda incorporates phosphate rock, fermented fish and seaweed, charcoal and guano. It’s odourless so it doesn’t attract animals and is good for pot plants. Slugs and snails hate the caffeine and the texture underfoot. “The soil enhancer and general fertiliser don’t start working until they are in the ground and moisture is added. Unlike commercial composts we know the actual ingredients that make up each product,” Dianne explains. “On a larger scale, we can also blend natural, tailor-made fertiliser for lawns, lifestyle blocks and small orchards. Andreas can do a soil test and provide a recommendation.” She adds many of the Mangonui olive groves are using the general fertiliser. A fully grown tree requires about two kilograms.

Dianne sources the organic coffee grounds from four Auckland cafes using ‘Kokako’ Organic Fair Trade beans. Kericell Nursery at Kerikeri manages the distribution of the Fodda retail bags. “It’s a system that works very well,” says Dianne. Fodda is sold in nurseries as far as Hawkes Bay now and finds a ready organic market out of the Auckland Huckleberry and Ecostores.

Production began three years ago with a concrete mixer and then graduated to a blender working 150kg of mixture at once. Now a bigger blender and premises are needed.

Dianne is focussed on continuing a good relationship with the retailers and on supplying lifestyle blocks and small orchard blocks to build up capacity.

There have been offers to help set up another processing plant in the South Island, something that both she and Andreas hope in the future may lead to supplying larger properties and thereby impacting on non organic compounds entering water ways. “We still must walk before we can run!” says Dianne.

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It is giving away the chance to go on a kiwi release in Northland and will be showing a ‘habitat sequence’ display covering forest, farm, coast and wetlands.

Escalating prices for possum fur and cheap leg-hold traps on the market have led to an increase in possum trapping in Northland.

“Decreasing possum numbers is great news for protection of our native forests, however if the traps are set on the ground they can pose a significant risk to kiwi,” said DOC kiwi ranger, Rolf Fuchs.

A pig hunter at Mimiwhangta came across a line of leg-hold traps set on the ground with a mature kiwi female caught in one of these.

“It is disappointing to see kiwi injured or killed unnecessarily in incorrectly set up traps. Leaning boards or ramps more than 70 cm above the ground can be used in combination with a lure to encourage possums into above-ground traps, saving kiwi from being caught,” Mr Fuchs added.

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The applications of computer technology to the modern agriculture industry are myriad — from top dressing, to stock monitoring, to seeding, information data-basing — this list is endless.

But does the more recent social networking application, Twitter, have much to offer?

It seems it does and has been employed in Britain as a weekly discussion forum for farmers and anyone involved in agriculture.

Called AgriChatUK, It is being used to air pressing rural issues, debate hot topics and connect with people in the industry who may not otherwise be easily accessible, in a weekly two-hour discussion session.

A website has also been developed which has basic ‘how-to’ guides to taking part in the discussions and how-to tweet in general, in addition to an archive of all the topics that have been discussed to date.

A straw-poll of Northland farmers excited some Kiwi interest in the idea, with a Matakohe farmer planning to get ‘something similar underway. Just let me have a look at this first’.

Just before the New Year, the UK discussion centred on ‘How can agriculture attract the brightest minds?’ and attracted views from farmers, agri-food businesses, rural advisors, land agents, lawyers, journalists, academics and the general public.

The results of these discussions would appear to be universal — as applicable to New Zealand as to the other side of the world.

Over there, it seems there is an underlying confusion about farming amongst children, with a gap between urban and countryside youngsters. Putting role models in place and giving children the opportunity to learn about farming through visits and growing food ‘should be part of the education curriculum’.

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Farmers need to talk more about the positives of farming with rewards other than the financial side needing to be emphasised. Low pay and bad conditions can put people off and so more needs to be done to advise young people about the diversity of careers in agriculture. Recruitment needs to be stepped up and made more professional, and the importance of agriculture for the future needs to be promoted more.

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‘When I went to college a 16 year old was asked ‘where do you get sweetcorn from’ he replied mainly Morrison’s, sometime Tesco’s’ (supermarkets).

‘Too much negative press about farming and farmers’ struggles surely puts off young people’.

Farming background helps, but education is key, theory and application is what makes successful farmers. There are loads of people with no farming background making a success of their agriculture career’.

‘A lot has been said here about money. The lifestyle, responsibility and satisfaction is what needs promoting’.

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PMR mostly affects those over 60 and common symptoms are stiffness and pain commonly around the neck and shoulders especially in the mornings. Around 20% of people with PMR also develop Temporal Arteritis. This is caused by inflammation of the major arteries which pass through the temple causing vision problems and even blindness.

The major medical therapy is the steroid prednisone which blocks the production of inflammatory cytokines usually with a rapid reduction in symptoms. Many recover in a year or so but others have this for an extended period or find that it recurs after a period of remission. People on statin medicines need to be aware that these can exacerbate PMR symptoms which is why I invariably add CoQ10 to those with PMR who take statins.

Nutritional therapy complements the effects of prednisone by reducing immune system production of inflammatory chemicals. We add a wide range of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compounds to assist energy production and to lower inflammation. Serious fatigue is a feature of

PMR and increases in energy is often the first benefit people feel from nutritional therapy.

FM is a lot more complex. These are often referred to as FM syndromes as they involve other problems especially Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. There are relatively few medical treatment options but the most common are tri-cyclic antidepressants such as amitriptyline taken in single evening doses to treat both pain and insomnia.

FM is more difficult to treat with nutritional therapy as it is not a simple inflammatory problem. It appears that muscle mitochondria are damaged by free radicals which impair muscle fibre function which reduces energy and causes pain (M. Cordero et al, 2010). I have found people get real benefits from intensive multi-antioxidant therapy including CoQ10, OPC, resveratrol and many others. I always add broad spectrum vitamin and minerals and often high dose MSM before bed to help with muscle oxygenation. Curiously, as with PMR people with FM often notice an improvement in energy before any reduction in pain. Give me a call if you need help.

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Ken Vincent has judged poultry in shows all over the country. At his home near Kaitaia he raises a comprehensive range of breeds. “It keeps the breeds going and it keeps me going.” Now 77, Ken is handing on the mantle to grandson Sean, who shares the enthusiasm.

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raising. His Anconas, in their pen in the orchard, “lay like fury,” says Ken. The eight-year-old hen still lays well. “Old fashioned breeds live longer,” Ken explains. Sean’s birds represent a new second bloodline, preferable in breeding on any scale.

Sean’s Anconas belong to the Mediterranean breeds of poultry which are light breeds with large combs. The Brown Leghorns in the main poultry house also belong to this group, while the White Leghorn pullets have averaged 300 eggs over 12 months. The Minorcas, another light breed, are one of the quietest. The New Hampshire birds beside them began with a rooster and two hens and in the first year hatched 12 pullets — good beginnings.

The Black Rosecombs, a bantam type, is yet another breed Ken raises. He also has a rare white Rosecomb. In the next house are the Silver Campines, the first registered breed in the world. They were reportedly seen alongside the River Nile in biblical days. Known as a Belgian breed, it is a smaller bird, good for eating and an excellent layer. Ken raises the golden Campine too. “I can never rear enough for customers,” he says. The Barred Rocks with their rippled grey and white plumage remain popular and Ken describes them as the most placid. “Of all the heavy breeds I think they lay the best.”

The Spanish Andalusians, great foraging hens, can be coloured blue, ‘splash’ (mottled) and black.

Ken still uses a 1944 ‘Gamble’ oak incubator which can successfully incubate 572 eggs at a time. He sells fertile eggs from his birds as far as the South Island with his main custom in the Waikato and Taranaki.

Out on the farm across the stream Sean shows off his Buff Leghorn rooster and hens and Renee her Blue Leghorns. Other pens house ducks and Ken runs young stock together — Indian Runners, Blue Swedish and Khaki Campbells. “You can mix drakes together and also different varieties without problems. I

think there’s plenty we can learn from ducks,” says this bird and animal lover. His 14-year -old champion Swedish Blue drake has never been beaten at a show.

Ken dairy farmed in the Hokianga before moving further north. His Ayrshire dairy stud ‘Scotland’ has now been handed down to Sean, who already has two Ayrshire yearlings.

“They’re quiet, easy to handle and their milk is the closest to goat milk and the easiest to digest,” Ken explains. His cow ‘Quincy’ lived until she was 34 years old, equalling aGuinness record!

By sharing his poultry interests and cattle raising abilities Ken is helping ensure that these rare breeds of poultry continue, along with the productive Ayrshires of the ‘Scotland’ stud.

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Caryn ‘Missy’ and Les Tilby and their six children — five boys and one girl ranging in age from one to 15, come together to manage the farm that was once part of the original Hames property which Caryn believes covered most of Paparoa and the surrounding area.

“I guess only family call me Caryn — I have been ‘Missy’ to most people all my life,” she says, as she explains her name in an occupation

she has undertaken as a consquence to her former life as a teacher.

“But to explain,” adds Missy.

“I have set up Missy’s Mystics Face Painting to provide high quality face painting and body art, with my business covering the lower Northland area.

She finds the time for her art on a human canvas, despite full-time farm chores and largish family.

“My family moved to Paparoa when I was 10 years old and we lived on the small dry stock farm that my husband Les and I now manage. Les works full time for a contractor so the daily farm chores are usually left to me, but the farming side of things is relatively easy. Our stock are all pretty quiet and will come to the call so I

take the dog out for ‘motivation’ rather than necessity.

“We are quite old fashioned I think. We don’t have a television and in the summer especially, we try to encourage our kids to enjoy being outdoors as much as possible. At the moment the younger ones are learning to swim and the older boys are learning to surf. They have motorbikes which they ride for fun too. They also play touch rugby and are training in kempo, karate. They

Caryn ‘Missy’ Tilby

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With all that activity, Missy is the founder and principle artist at Mystics face painting and body art. She has made a name for herself for being able to create stunning works of art — classic face painting for children’s parties to dramatic make up design for women, plus much more.

With pet sheep, named Mrs Sheep, is the whole family. From rear left, Tamatea, Awatea,

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“My ‘love affair’ with body art started when I was working with young children and came across some pots of face paint sitting idle in a back cupboard.

I was hooked after seeing the reaction from the children when they saw their freshly painted faces.There’s nothing better than seeing your canvas smile.

A bit of research into design possibilities yielded more than was bargained for and opened her eyes to an art form she never knew existed.

“From here it was a case of honing my skills and expanding to include henna and the application of glitter tattoos, eventually leading to creating ‘body shine’ — a technique incorporating custom glitter tattoo designs.”

Now ‘down on the farm” Missy juggles family and farm chores that would daunt most, to add an outside business that has gone from strength to strength and now boasts an extensive list of town and country clients from Whangarei to Warkworth and from Dargaville to Mangawhai.Fantasy cat – Danu D’Sipes Snow leopard – Awatea Phillips

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“We didn’t see each other as potential partners so we were nice and relaxed around each other. One day the blinkers came off — of course, we were the last to realise we had something special — our friends had known long before us,” laughs Ada.

Evan didn’t waste any time, taking Ada out for dinner on a Tuesday and proposing on Friday.

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A couple of years later, they made the decision to move to the countryside — It was a long search but they eventually found their haven at Parua Bay.

“The minute we set foot on the property, we loved it and we’ve never looked back.”

Within months they had sold their home in Auckland leaving the urban life behind.

A city girl, Ada said it took a while to get used to country living and she would think up excuses to ‘go into town’.

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was about six months before our tension levels dropped and our eyes began to focus on the layers in the bush, a kind of ‘tuning in’ you could say.”

Ridgelands is a 100-acre farm with 40 acres of regenerating bush and home to a family of personalities.

“We don’t farm animals, we farm characters,” says Ada.

As a result Ridgeland Farm is inhabited by Mr Biggles the blind sheep, Eloise White-Toes, the farm’s own ‘mother of the nation’, Mr Perkins the ram who suffered paralysis as a baby, Dingle the one-eyed gobbler among others.

“We try our best not to let anything die, even if it means nursing throughout the night. All our animals are so well

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Ridgeland Farm is also a South Suffolk sheep stud and the Davis’s take great pride in their ‘black-faced beauties’.

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The New Zealand breed was first recognised in 1938, a cross between Southdown and Suffolk, combining the carcass of the Suffolk with the finer textured meat of the Southdown.

“The breed is increasingly used as a terminal sire for prime lamb production and the wool is used for fine apparels and hand knitting yarns.”

With fond memories of his nan’s farm, Evan always had in mind to create a farm stay but with a benevolent twist. He saw his opportunity when

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“The heart of the project was to make Arches Lodge a retreat for people who are giving all the time, such as ministers. We only ask a donation or a bit of gardening, whatever they can afford.”

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The now world-renowned Kauri Museum at Matakohe in the Kaipara grew out of the efforts of a few local farming families, concerned that their roots would be lost after the community hall and library burnt down.

by Paul Campbell

But a large collection of kauri memorabilia remained behind and the idea for The Kauri Museum was born — not only because fire had swept the hall and local homesteads, but in part because of the Matakohe centennial celebrations were planned for 1962.

Local people soon agreed that a pioneer museum should be built.

Preliminary fund-raising was carried out with a ‘bring and buy sale’ and in July 1961, the museum site on the local pound was measured and building lines were laid.

“My cousin, Mervyn Sterling, felt the building area looked a bit small,” recalled Mavis

Among those families, many descended from the original Albertland settlers, were the related Smith and Sterling clans who farmed widely in

the area. Matriarch in the 21st century, Miss Mavis Smith, recalls how the museum was born.

“The Matakohe Hall and library had burnt to the ground with the old tinder-dry kauri going up like a torch. Along with the hall went a wonderful collection of old books, many leather-bound first editions, some of them donated to the library by my grandfather. I remember with absolute horror the cracking of exploding glass while the flames lit up the night sky and smoke roiled upward.”

In the ensuing few years, the local farming community formed a trust and secured the title to the district cattle pound paddock.

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It is a little known fact that faced with the huge collection, negotiations and meetings went to municipal, indeed government level, and it was decided to move the Matakohe exhibits to Western Springs in Auckland. This has since evolved into the Museum of Transport and Technology.

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“He was told that was all he would get for the money available. When further work began, it was discovered Mervyn had snuck out in the night and enlarged the prospective museum by moving the builder’s lines.”

Before long, the homes and paddocks of supporting families were littered with memorabilia — old irons, cooking pots, kettles, hanging lamps, buggy lamps, cross-cut saws, camp ovens, shingle knives, gum spears and bullock yokes.

On January 29,1962, Dr Gilbert Archey, the director of the Auckland War Memorial Museum, officially opened the Pioneer Museum, an event attended by almost 1,000 people who had to form a lengthy queue to enter the tiny building and see the modest display.

Obviously the museum was now ‘in business’ and an admission charge of one shilling was agreed on. It wasn’t long before the attractions in the tiny 40’ by 20’ building became more widely known and one day a New Zealand Road Services bus arrived with 30 visitors at once. An astounding 30 shillings went into the till! Soon other coaches began stopping and the museum was very much up and running.

The coffers were also boosted when enterprising local people saw the opportunity for a small farm produce stall and a brisk trade developed in local vegetables and preserves. Edible souvenirs that were a welcome boost to the takings — eight shillings on one day!

Matakohe Paparoa Centennial. Murray Smith, Lyn Metcalfe, Joy Aicken, Margaret Husband, Clarice Smith, Joe Sterling. Boys:

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“The Kauri Museum has been remarkably fortunate in have pioneering families, who wanted to preserve their history and were connected with the land, says museum CEO, Bet Nelley.

“They had the knowledge of felling the timber, the knowledge of farming and were practical, inventive and resourceful. They were handy at building and preparing exhibits and maintaining the buildings, grounds and displays.

“There is not a day goes by that I do not look at the displays that have made this place famous. There were no designers, consultants or such in the days when a lot of the favourite

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Photographer sisters Angela Petch and Kathy Strong, based at Leigh and Maungaturoto respectively, along with ‘adopted’ sister Di Barkman, in Roxburgh, Central Otago, are 3 Sisters Photography, specialists in rodeo and equestrian photography.

F ive years ago Angela did a photography course on animals and then got a job taking the

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Although Sue is no longer involved, with the addition of Di to cover the South Island end of the business the name has endured. Kathy tends to the day to day administration and she and Angela usually do the photography as a team.

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Angela is still quite active, trekking and riding for pleasure, and says the photography business never seems like work.

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The pair recently found themselves covering an event where they had to ride and take pictures at the same time.

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Even when we lived in town they took us pony riding at Eastern Beach. So it was always horses from early on,” Kathy says.

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The Petch family moved from Otara to Tuakau when Kathy was eight and Angela ten, and later to Kaitaia.

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was no vehicle access in. So that was nine hours in the saddle, climbing straight up a 5000 foot mountain, carrying all our gear. Basically that meant just tuck the camera under your arm and hold on!”

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Senior flying instructor Murray Foster says it’s never too late to learn to fly. He has created a ‘flying farmers’ subdivision of the Dargaville Aero Club with all members catching the ‘infectious’ flying bug.

Thirteen farmers from around Northland fly recreationally as a release from the day-to-day stresses of farm life, including the club’s president and dairy farmer, Peter Randall.

“Through flying I have found a hobby that gives me considerable enjoyment and relaxation,” says Peter.

It was something he always wanted to do and began flying around 10 years ago when he hit the ‘big 60’ and never looked back.

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He joined the New Zealand Air Force in 1948 and after a 55 year hiatus of being in the cockpit he became a member of the Dargaville Aero Club in 2009.

“I love flying — the views, and just being up there.”

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upwards of 50 and most want to gain their recreational licences allowing them to fly solo or with one other person.

“The younger ones go for their private pilot licences because they want to do it as a career but the farmers are generally older and now that they’ve got some time on their hands, they can achieve goals that they couldn’t before,” says Murray.

Now retired, he volunteers at the aero club full time and he has been instructing for the past 40 years.

He teaches for free and those eager to fly only pay a fee to maintain the aeroplanes, with student’s tuition supported by leasing out 60 acres of land to a cattle farmer.

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both have their private pilot licences and Joanne says, “it’s not just about the planes, it’s about the people.”

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“Flying is a passion; it is something you can put in as little or as much as you please and I continue due to the people we meet from all over New Zealand,” says Graeme.

Members work to maintain the aero club and farmers, Peter Randall, Leo Johns and Graeme Hales were using their tractors and diggers to work on the taxi area of the runway when I visited.

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“You matter because you are you. You matter to the last moment of your life. And we will do all we can; not only to help you die peacefully, but live until you die,” said founder of the modern Hospice movement, Dame Cicely Saunders.

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For a man in his 80s, Bill is an active beef farmer and he and his wife Doris have been on the same farm for the past 47 years. He says at this stage in his life he wants to give back to his community.

“I admire the work done by Hospice and know that it touches people’s lives.”

Terry, originally from Zimbabwe, breeds Angus Friesian cross and Angus bulls as well as leasing out 200 acres of land. He has been involved with the Lions club and Rotary for years and feels that Hopice is one of the most valuable organisations.

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The initiative began early 2012 with the first steers placed on mid-Northland farms in June later in the year.

“We started with seed funding budgeted to purchase 20 animals. We currently have 23 animals placed on farms and have a balance available to purchase another five or six,” says Bill.

A similar scheme has been operating in Palmerston North for the past 14 years and it has proved successful with around 400 animals now in the initiative and Bill is confident that the mid-Northland scheme can achieve similar results.

“We are aiming to have over 50 steers by the end of 2013 and we’re sure that we can with community support.”

Both have considerable connections in the farming industry which come in handy.

“Terry and I have put our hands up to monitor and co-ordinate the scheme and are the point of contact for farmers who graze the animals as well as donate to

land reforms which began in 1979 and continue today.

Needing a ratio of 30 acres to one animal, as the grass quality is poor compared to New Zealand, he struggled and decided to immigrate to New Zealand, gaining residency in 1999.

“My father is the last surviving Nicolle still on his farm in Zimbabwe and even then his 36,000 acre farm got reduced to 3000.”

He got into the initiative through the general manager for mid-Northland Hospice, Lauren Demblon, who is also an ex Zimbabwean farmer.

“Between Bill and Terry they do an outstanding job,” says fundraising and awareness manager, Amanda Breton.

The District Health Board funds 50 percent of the operational costs of Hospice mid-Northland and the other half is generosity of the community.

“The 50 percent figure does not include the enormous number of hours and generosity of our volunteers which number 185, translating into 15,740 hours donated in 2011.”

Hospice mid-Northland covers from Towai in the south to Taupo Bay in the north and Amanda adds that covering an extensive geography is challenging.

“Our nursing staff travel on average 6,000km around 60 families, on an on-going basis each month.”

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Terry’s family were the largest farmers in Zimbabwe with the majority of Nicolles growing crops including wheat and beans. Terry owned a 36,000 acre cattle ranch which got reduced to 3,000 due to the

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Not only can this prove a hassle — it’s downright dangerous. Rolling a quad bike is bad enough, but imagine the same accident affecting you or your loved ones when the machine involved is equipped with sharp whirling blades! It’s almost too awful to contemplate, but Daniel has set out to do something about it, along with Michael Candy and Grillo mowers, a top Italian brand of power equipment.

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Daniel stands behind the Grillo range, citing a fi ve-year warranty and a swag of glowing testimonials from customers who enjoy the low centre of gravity, rugged performance and practicality of the machines. He’ll be bringing the whole range to Field Days this month to demonstrate a complete paradigm shift in ride-on technology — one which aims to make taming the back yard both safer and more effi cient, and open it up to mum and the kids as well as dad!

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Northern North Island regional co-ordinator Frank Pavitt said the AHB conducted an investigation with the owners of the farm to try and identify the possible source of the infection.

“The farm has had a ‘Restricted Place Notice’ applied that effectively controls all movements of stock off the property.”

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Wiltshire sheep in high summer

are black with a silver/grey variation through the fleece, and as with other feral sheep breeds she is short tailed. The breed originated in the islands off

the Swedish coast. Inger describes them as intelligent, easy lambers and excellent mothers. The polled Wiltshire sheep in the adjoining paddock are also ‘good doers’. They have already shed most of their fleece, something the breed is known for and justifiably making Wiltshires favourable to those wanting sheep requiring little shearing and no crutching. Inger recommends them as consistently twinning with lambs which gain weight quickly, even on indifferent pasture. This heritage English sheep breed is hardy and they keep sound feet even through a wet winter.

Out from the house the dun Dexter bull grazes the bush margin. (The three Dexter bulls are run with different

Grant with young Gotland ram


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But it is worth remembering that good health and safety practices can bring real benefi ts to your business, and even improve the bottom line.

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workers, eg. paying overtime to other employees, or searching for and hiring temporary staff.

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Inger feeding the Pilgrim geese

Above and top Right: Dexter cows and calf on the farm

Dexters as a good choice for the family larder. “We obtained 110 kg meat from the last cow. It’s an easy weight to handle for the freezer with very little waste.” Dexters are usually black, sometimes red and also dun coloured. “Successful animal breeding takes time. You need to keep with it and be patient,” she advises.

Amongst the bush on the hills there are glow worm caves and old shafts from manganese explorations in the 1870s. Clear water from the creek is pumped to the tanks at the top of the farm, powered by solar. Heifers and ewe lambs graze the hilltop with its spectacular view of the Bay of islands.

Back at the house Inger has two

groups of cows around the farm). These compact, smaller cattle, with shorter legs can break in rough pasture, being good foragers. “Their smaller weight makes them easier on country that’s erosion prone,” Grant explains.

The Dexters were used for meat and milk by Irish crofters. Inger describes

“ Successful animal breeding takes time. You need to keep with it and be patient” broods of chickens coming on. She is a

Committee Member of the Rare Breeds Conservation Society of New Zealand and regularly shows her poultry. She raises Dorking and New Hampshire chickens and Appleyard ducks, selling fertile eggs to breeders all over the country.


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A — A T Plumbing & Gas Ltd 300aAbsolute Concrete Ltd 174Access Homehealth Ltd 930ADF Milking 160bAdvantage Feeders 288Ag Brands Products Ltd 248aAgmech Ltd 13Agriculture Industry Training Organisation (ITO) 154aAgriFert 639, 640AgriMat 203AgriSea NZ Seaweed Ltd 269Agrissentials NZ 187AgTech Industries Limited 259Aialik Events T/A Stoneline Cookware 900Altum 96Anglomoil NZ Ltd 190bAngus Pure Burgers 143ANZ Bank NZ Ltd 233, 235Aqua Filter Products 621,622Aqua Rain Ltd 641Arnold Franks Ltd 98, 100aASB Rural 197Astra Housewares Ltd T/A Bessemer 893, 895

B — Bailey Tanks 170Ballance Agri-Nutrients 191Bank of New Zealand 246Barfoote Construction 81Basecamp 924Bay Audiology 220Beacon Heat Detectors Pty Ltd 648Beauty in a Bottle 705Bee Kind Ltd 917Bell Cottage Crafts 707Bell-Booth Ltd 240BBennett Fertilisers Ltd 101Bertolini Australasia 147Bettershedz 162Big Fun Events 352BioAg Ltd 656Biodiversity Northland 249Blue Wing Honda 275Born in the USA 714, 715Bourbon NZ Ltd 922Bridge It NZ Ltd 248bBriggs and Stratton NZ Ltd 128aBrookings Agencies Ltd 896, 898BRP (Aust) Pty Ltd 266Bryant Tractors/Renton Machinery 65, 67, 118, 120BullShirtNZ LT 728Bushman Saws 881, 883

C — Cable Price Ltd 263Café Latino Food Court 2Carruth House 901Carters 135, 137Casada New Zealand Limited 923, 925Cato Bolam Consultants Ltd 271aCattlemaster 186C-Dax Ltd 221Celestial Wines 894Certifi ed Builders Association of NZ 635, 636Cervus Equipment NZ Ltd 37, 39, 92, 94Chapel Olive Oil Ltd 868Claas Harvest Centre Northland 27, 29, 82, 84

Classic Builders 654Cocasuma 892Coffee Hut Food HallCoin Jewellery New Zealand Ltd 865Combi Clamp Ltd 260Compass Trailers 3Complete Health Improvement Program 905, 907Core Steel 300bCorkill Systems Ltd 247bCountry Dawn Quilting 867Craigs Investment Partners 194Cridge Seeds Ltd 229bCroplands Equipment Northern NZ 80CRV Ambreed 264b

D — D&A Wordsworth Contracting 116DAE Group Ltd 33Dairy Care NZ 220Dairy Wall Coatings 160aDargaville Ford 196, 198, 200Dargaville ITM Building Services 245Dargaville Museum 220Dargaville Sewing & Curtain Centre 891DeLaval Ltd 141bDenz Co Ltd 205Devan Plastics Ltd 209Diesel Performance Solutions Ltd 152Dinerite Ltd 890Donaghys Industries Ltd 35Double Batty Products 884, 911Duracrete 127Duzz-All Beeswax 615

E — Eastern & Oriental Holidays 910ECU Chips Ltd 78Elders Wellsford 244Emuology Ltd 862Endraulic Ltd 76ENJO 864ETN 125

F — Fairbrother Industries Ltd 72Farmers of New Zealand Inc. 175, 177, 220Farmgard 104, 106Farmlands Trading Society Ltd 148, 150Farmquip Woolaway Const Ltd 286Feast 1st T/A Jivewear Food Court 1Feed Pad Solutions 250FertME 603FertNZ 302Fiber Fresh Feeds Ltd 273FIL 241FMG 192Focus NZ 253aFond Foods Ltd 616Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited 272, 274Forme Leisure Spa Pools 157aForsyth Barr 612Four Seasons Gutter Pro 158aFreemasons of New Zealand 903Fribesco Limited 701Funky Clothing 702

G — Gallagher Group Ltd 202GEA Farm Technologies 241Generator Place 296Genetic Technologies Ltd 643Gilmore Brown Ltd 608, 609Giltrap Engineering Ltd 142

Go Karts Direct 311bGodfrey’s Chainsaws & Mowers 285Good Life Soap 711GoodGround Real Estate Ltd 134bGourmet Mussel Fritters and Smoothies Food Court 1Greenwood 279Gunson McLean Ltd 190a

H – Habipax Industries Ltd T/A Farmgate Direct 141aHansa Chippers 189Hansen Products (NZ) Ltd 224Healthy Homes Tai Tokerau 897Helinorth Agricultural Ltd 211Herd Homes Systems Ltd 655Homekill Services Ltd 617Homeopathic Farm Support Ltd 624Hopkins Farming Group 70Hot Dog Express Food Court 2House of Portraits 932Hunting & Fishing-Dargaville 204HW Industries 3Hydrofl ow Distributors Ltd 314, 316Hynds Pipe Systems 164

I — IC MotorGroup 183, 185, 226, 228Ideal Buildings 909Ifor Williams Trailers — Southern Trailers 298Interbloc Limited 284Inversion NZ 878Irri Max Ltd 320Irripod Flexible Irrigation 181ISD NZ Limited 294ISL Animal Health 158b

J — J & S Produce 069aJames & Son 105aJust Horse ‘N’ Around 307

K — Kaipara District Council — KDC 231Kaipara Harbour Management Group 231Kaipara Workwear & Safety Ltd 223, 225a, 262Kauri Coast Promotions Society 231Kauri Park Nurseries 220Keri Shelter Trimmers 069bKing’s College 906, 908Kinopta 220Kippers Mussel Fritters Food Court 2Kiwitech 253bKliptank Limited 304bKruizeyKidz Ltd 706KSN Visual Solutions 299b

L — Lastrite Footwear Ltd 207bLeafbusters Northland 872, 874Leafscreen NZ Ltd 642Leisure Therapy 305bLIC (Livestock Improvement) 240ALive Simply 638LJ Hooker 212Lyntec Holdings Ltd T/A Kawasaki Motorcyle Distr. 306

M — Marine North Ltd 149Mark Cromie Holden 83,85,87,136,168,140MarketBook Australia 100bMarrin Farm Services 220Marsden Cove Ltd 877, 879McIntosh Bros Engineers Ltd 61, 114McQuinn Pumps 2008 Ltd 310

Mediterranean Grill Ltd Food Court 1Metalform Ltd 283Milk Bar (McInnes Manufacturing) 243Model Barn Ltd 297aMOTO Warehouse 242Mountain Fresh Ltd 886Mr Whippy (Whangarei) Foodhall & Food Court 1MTF Orewa 155bMYEBIZ International 145

N — Name Art 870Natural Insulation 637Need a Nerd 220New Generation Liquorice 912New Zealand Bed Co 902, 904New Zealand Fire Service 230c, 232, 234a

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Newman Engineering (2004) Ltd 90Ngahiwi Farms Ltd 134aNKV Coastguard 179aNoel Remnant Filtration 602Normanby Fibreglass Ltd 68North Country Grains 277aNorthable Disabilities Services 207aNorthern Honda 117Northern Wairoa Hire Centre & Outdoor Power Equip. 63Northern Wairoa Voice for Life 876Northern Young Farmers 154bNorthfuels Ltd 102Northland Autos 172Northland Boating Centre 222Northland Continuous Spouting 305a

O — O’Dwyer’s Butchery & Homekill Service 271bOmbro Leather Goods Ltd 708One Spice 710Opus International Consultants Ltd 620OSIM NEW ZEALAND 871, 873Outgro Bio Agricultural Ltd 610

P — Pacifi c Motor Group 129,131, 133Pam and Stan Torkington 713Penguin Sea and Surf Ltd 308Performance Products Ltd 153PGG Wrightson 199Phiten Performance 882Pieroth Wines NZ Ltd 913Pink Solution 889Plant Pro Limited 709Plasma Biotec Solutions 282aPlumbing & Heating Centre Limited 261Plunket Car Seat Rentals TBAPlus 2WP Ltd 927Poland Motors 268Polaris New Zealand 256, 258Porter Group 19Power Farming Northland 89Power Farming Wholesale Ltd 91, 93, 144, 146PPP Industries Ltd 270Pristine Air (HRV Northland) 885Progressive Red Devon 657Prolan NZ 282bProsol Ltd 618PS Marketing 652, 653Public Trust 926

Q — Quadbar NZ 123aQuality Knives 303b

R —Rabobank 188Ravensdown Fertiliser 217, 219RD1 237, 239, 276, 278RDS Systems Ltd 239Real Good Co. 619Recharge Battery Revitalizer 155aRedline Farm Machinery 95, 97, 99Reporoa Engineering Limited 187cRia’s Natural Health Soap 880Ringrose Stockfoods 287RMA Consultants 264aRobertson Engineering 254Roper & Jones First National 151Rosemary Parcell 729Rotowiper Ltd 103Royd Pawson — Wooden Toys 888Rumble Electrical & Solar 313Rural Direct 111Rural Research Ltd — Nitrosol 277bRural Women New Zealand 928RuralCo Ltd 611RuralTec 625

S — Scooterworks TBASemex NZ Ltd 658Shaved Ice Food Court 1Shaw Diesels Ltd 21Shed Boss 229aShelter Station Northland 60Shuzi NZ Ltd 704, 887Skin and Vein Clinic 919, 921Smart Farm Systems 651

Snap Happy Marketing 899

Sock Lady 206a

Solo NZ Ltd 17

Southern Cross Promotions Ltd 342a

Spark C/ – Vodafone NZ 309, 311a

Speedy Corporation Ltd 281

Steel Shed Systems 179b

Stronghold Trading Limited 201

Stump Chipping Services 5a

Suzuki New Zealand Ltd 178, 180, 182

Sweepa NZ Ltd 650

T — Taege Engineering 74

Taratahi Agricultural Training

Centre/Northtec 647

Taupo Native Plant Nursery Limited 265

TBfree New Zealand 604, 605, 606

Te Roroa Learning Assistance 716

Technico Energy Solutions Ltd 108a

TechniPharm New Zealand Ltd 173

Telford 220

The Better Back Company 646

The Feeder Leader Company 122

The Hat Company 720

The Whitebait People Food Court 2

The Wrangler Ltd 247a

Tiaho Trust 607

Tokoroa Engineering Ltd 119

Total Span Northland/Gunadoo Ltd 41

Tree Wise Northland 121

Trueform Products LTD 340

Tru-Test Group 237

Tuk Tuk Coffee Limited Food Court 1

Tulloch Farm Machines 86

Turiwiri Produce LTD 220

Tyres 4 You 139

U — Uber Group Ltd 220

Urban Adventure 703

V — Veronica’s Delights 301

Versatile Homes and Buildings 230

Viafos Importing Ltd 248b

Villa Italia Ltd 869

Vitality Sales Tupperware 929, 931

Vortex Spas NZ 339

W — Wade Concrete Products Ltd 184

Walker Mowers 64, 66

Warren Hay Marine 166, 168

Westpac New Zealand 280

Whangarei Mobile Locksmiths 123b

Whites Handcrafts 297b

Winter Gardenz Ltd 267a

Woodcraft By Design 062a

WoodZgood-Sushi King 916

Wrack Auto Electrical 344

Y — Yamaha Motor NZ Ltd 312

Your Health Naturally NZ Ltd 918, 920

Yovich Hayward Pevats Johnston Ltd 267b

Z — Zenteq 875

Zero Pak Vacuum Sealers 863

Zino’s Preserves 712

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Northland Devon Cattle Breeders Club 176Northland Farm Services Ltd 88Northland Farm Water Solutions Ltd 252Northland Kia Ltd 156Northland Regional Council (NRC) 251Northland Spa & Pool 171Northland Toyota 83Northpower Ltd 218Norwood Farm Machinery Centre 71, 73, 124, 126Number46 LTD 075aNutritional Services Ltd 623Nuttz Gourmet 914NZ Fudge Farm Partnership 861NZ Historic Places Trust 644, 645NZ Natural Clothing 613, 614


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When colonial British resident and famed historical figure James Busby (known to every New Zealand student as a key participant in the Treaty of Waitangi) chose a hardy, docile and productive breed of cattle for the Bay of Islands in 1835, the breed he selected was the Red Devon.

Not just for their calm demeanor and their succulent meat, either — Busby envisioned the 20 heifers and a bull he ordered from England as a workforce for settlers, breaking in land and hauling Kauri from the primeval forests.

In this capacity the Red Devon excelled, until the advent of the motor vehicle saw their number dwindle.

For most of the 20th century the Red Devon population was small and scattered, held by dedicated breeders and farmers who could see the potential for this unique, ruby-red breed of cattle.

Very different from the South Devon (with which the Red Devon is sometimes still confused), the Red Devon began to make a comeback in the 1970s, thanks to the help of Darcy Gilberd, a Whangarei

enthusiast, and Dr Clive Dalton, who helped standardise the characteristics of the breed. Mr Gilberd founded the first Devon Breed society in New Zealand, and continued to popularise the Red Devon as a highly productive beef cattle breed, gaining support from farmers nationwide.

Today the Red Devon is a cattle beast with a bright future, and an increasingly investigated past. Conjecture and evidence collude to suggest that these cattle were the muscle-power for Caesar’s invasion of Britain, and may have descended from the red cattle brought to English shores by ancient Phonecian traders in the time of the Pharaohs.

At this year’s field days the Northland Red Devon Cattle Breeders Club will showcase the mild manners and outstanding characteristics of the modern breed. With a marked resilience to heat and cold, trouble free calving and excellent condition, there’s more than one reason that today’s cattle farmers are showing a huge interest in this ancient breed!

Photo courtsey Arthur Beazley, Tapuwae Stud

A breed with historyThe name Lastrite footwear may be

familiar to readers in the agricultural and forestry trades — they are the trusted brand ‘underfoot’ for some of the hardest working people in the North. But the name itself hides a clue as to the old-fashioned values of this successful Whangarei business.

A ‘last’ is the specialist piece of equipment used by bootmakers and cobblers to ensure the perfect shape and the perfect fi t for their customers. And a perfect fi t is what Lastrite are all about.

While Lastrite are far too busy (their boots are in demand for all kinds of projects, from hiking trips to construction sites to motion pictures) to make each pair in the style of medieval leathersmiths, their attention to detail and bespoke craftsmanship shine through from the second you lace up their creations.

Customers of Lastrite are assured of a well-made set of footwear which fi ts snug and comfortable — unlike taking a gamble and buying boots off the shelf.

Inside the workshop the highly skilled Lastrite team turn the best

Boots which are built to lastquality, hard-wearing leather into rugged work boots using a range of highly specialised machines.

There are no corners cut as each boot is cut, shaped, stitched and glued for a lifetime of hard labour, in a rigorous process handed down from generations of leathersmiths.

Now in the same family for three generations and spanning fi ve decades, the Lastrite name is synonymous with 100 percent Kiwi made boots tough enough to handle our way of life and our harsh outdoor environment.

It would come as no surprise to fi nd Lastrite boots made by previous generations still as ready for a day’s work as ever — each boot is fully repairable, with replaceable soles and other components.

From steel-capped and hobnailed forestry safety boots to stylish dress boots for the fashion conscious, Lastrite are proud to carry on a tradition of quality and innovation which has links back to New Zealand’s colonial roots. Visit them at Field Days to see the difference for yourself — and treat your feet to the very best.


Preventing facial eczemaFacial Eczema is a

disease caused by fungal spores from the fungus Pithomyces chartarum that produce a toxin which when ingested by cattle can lead to the damage of liver and bile ducts. This fungus (FE) can cause lower milk production and occasionally death from liver damage. The damaged liver is unable to rid the body of wastes and the breakdown product of chlorophyll build up in the body causing sensitivity to sunlight, which can then lead to infl ammation of the skin.

The fi rst signs of FE usually show up as a drop in milk production soon after the intake of toxic spores (sub clinical FE), other signs may include cows being restless at milking time, seeking shade and licking their udder. As facial eczema becomes more obvious, another drop in milk production may be seen and exposed un-pigmented skin may thicken and peel, especially prone are the white areas on cattle, teats and udder and inside the hind legs may also be affected. It is important to remember that not all animals may show physical signs of clinical facial eczema, but some may have had liver damage occur (sub clinical FE).

Facial Eczema spores are produced when minimum grass temperature are above 12° for two or three nights and humidity is usually high, this can occur in the months (January to May). The fungus grows on soft matter in the base

of the pasture, so hard grazing during this period of increased spore activity may also increase the risk of spore uptake by cattle.

Prevention should start early with Zinc treatment, ideally two to three weeks before the spore

growth danger period, for the most benefi cial protection.

One product that is suitable is Zinc 50 from Vetpak, it is a free fl owing Zinc Oxide 50% liquid suspension to aid in the treatment and prevention of Facial Eczema in cattle and sheep, and is ideally suited for drenching or adding through an inline water medication system. Zinc 50 is suitable for long term daily dosing until the pasture to be grazed is safe from fungal spores.

Zinc 50 has a nil milk withhold period and is suitable for dairy cows. Zinc 50 is available from your local veterinarian.

Another product in the Vetpak stable is Green Apple Flavouring, which is a ready to use liquid fl avour additive designed to mask unpleasant tastes such as Zinc Oxide.

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This year’s field days features a 21st birthday with a difference — it’s the 21st year of the mighty tractor pull competition.

Tractor pull event organiser John Phillips has presided over the event for six of those 21 years, and he’s looking forward to an epic battle of men and machines this year.

A past competitor himself, John is proud to welcome back some of the ‘all stars’ of previous competitions, who will share in a good old fashioned barbecue to celebrate the tractor pull milestone.

A Kiwi tractor pull is far more a contest of drivers than the American equivalent, which tends to be more a slugfest of sheer power.

“It’s all about timing — gear changes, tyre pressure, and focus, are the key to getting a good time,” says John. “There’s often only a split second in it at the end of the day!”

Tractors up to 180 horsepower will compete to drag a weighted sledge

across 100 metres of dirt track. The weight is calculated to test the horsepower of each individual tractor, so a dynamometer is used before the race to make sure it’s an even playing field.

After a practise run, drivers have to make the call on when to shift gears, what kind of tyres to use, and a myriad of other choices which have an impact on the timed run.

And while bragging rights are on the line, it’s all about good fun on the day. Local banks have put up teams (many of whom are, as one would imagine, not exactly tractor aces) for a race up the track, and there’s a business competition too.

All in all, it’s a great fun event to watch, as the raw power of these big agricultural machines is handled with finesse.

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“With dairy and beef and sheep farmers receiving lower returns for their produce this season, there is little money budgeted to purchase what is the most important farming commodity input of the year,” he said.

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“Last year Northland lime works, for some areas, have had their lowest output in over 50 years of production and so far to date, this season is running behind the output for the equivalent period last year.

“In the developing years over the 50s, 60s and 70s Northland was annually applying over 650,000 tonnes. Now there is less than 200,000 tonnes going into the soils of the region. This is most alarming as farmers need to maintain ph soil levels both for good animal health as well as for a good balance of pasture growth.”

Mr Hilliam added that in autumn, the time comes for farmers to set about applying fertiliser to prepare for and boost next season’s production.

“But with very little forward ordering at this stage, there is great concern in the whole fertiliser industry.

”I have had over 50 years in the fertiliser scene and 1986 was the most lean year I experienced because there was a downturn in the demand from the whole industry because the Lange-Douglas government had removed all subsidies on fertiliser and lime, and as a direct result the farmers of the day simply put away their chequebooks.

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It is now very much a matter of deja vu, although not because of subsidies. In fact manufactured super phosphate and potash has simply got too expensive because of world demand. Prices have become too high and there is an obvious resistance to this fact of life from the farmers, while they are running a deficit on their properties.”

Mr Hilliam said that judging feedback from the fertiliser servicing industry and farmer support groups, the collective opinion was that ‘a tonne of superphosphate is overpriced to the tune of $100’.

He added that if prices could come down, it should result in manufacturers moving some product.“There are a lot of operators and contractors with costly equipment just waiting to move and spread tonnage onto the paddocks.”

Mr Hilliam operated his own spreader and trucks in the 1960s then became manager of Dargaville Fertiliser Company through the 1970s, director of the Northern Wairoa Lime Company and managing director of Greenleaf

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Any perception by Northland farmers that their regional council is mostly about pest control may be dispelled by the appearance of smoked (and sustainably harvested) short-fin eel pâté in the Northland Regional Council marquee at the Northland Field Days in Dargaville this month.

Replacing the free gourmet treats prepared from noxious critters offered at previous Field Days,

the pate indicates a new focus at the interface between the council and the farming community.

The Northland Regional Council has been held to account in recent years by environmentalists and others frustrated by a perceived lack of commitment to the health of Northland’s waterways. Although

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a large part of NRC responsibility entails the constant monitoring of the region’s rivers, lakes, harbours and groundwater, and effective response to significant discharges of contaminants, concerns have been raised that the council does not do enough to enforce compliance and prosecute polluters.

Council’s 2010–2011 annual environmental monitoring report (the report

for 2011–2012 was not available) shows that while there was some improvement in some places in water quality, Northland’s harbours are in trouble and many lakes in the region close to eutrophication.

Northland’s three major harbours, Kaipara, Whangarei and Bay of Islands, all show consistently low percentages of nutrient samples falling within national guidelines, and of the 28 lakes monitored by the council, only three have low levels of nutrients.The report also records that only 69% of significant non-compliance events related to water contamination were followed up by the council, noting that ‘resources were prioritised for prosecutions’, of which in 2011 there were four (three for dairy effluent).

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Further references to the proven benefits of fine particle lime, can be found in publications by Penn State University, University of Nebraska, University of South Dakota and the North Carolina State University to name a few.

Soil scientists who continue to denounce the efficiency of Fine Particle Lime, are doing so despite overwhelming scientific evidence that, when it comes to lime, “The finer the grind the better the results” because, “It’s not the kg/ha that raises pH – It’s the available surface area of Calcium carbonate that counts.”

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related issues, and has been developed to reflect a more integrated approach by the council to water quality improvement in Northland.

“It brings all our activities into line with the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management.”

This Policy Statement underpinned the Fresh Start for Fresh Water reform package rolled out by central government in 2011, and sets out national expectations for the governance of water allocation and the management of water quality.

The Fresh Start programme is informed by recommendations made by the Land and Water Forum set up by the government in 2009, and a full package of policy options is to be progressed in 2013 following on from two inaugural initiatives: the Ir r igation Acceleration Fund and the Fresh Water Clean-up Fund, which has provided $15 million over the past two years for major projects restoring waterways affected by pollution.

Dean Evans, Land Programme Manager for the NRC, says the Land and Rivers department currently has no projects funded by the Clean-up Fund, but with the help of additional funds from the NRC’s Long Term Plan, is going about its business. He agrees there may be a new emphasis, but says that business has always included water

quality, and the Land Management team is starting to see a positive shift in attitudes and practice.

“It’s been hard work, but we’ve increased staff to allow us more one on one time with landowners and we’re starting to tick along in the right areas. Industry is also putting more things in place to encourage best practice on the land.”

In its third report, released in November 2012, the Land and Water Forum recommended that regions be

made accountable by tailoring all water quality solutions to individual catchments, and Dean says that work in this area is underway.

“We have targeted three harbour catchments across Northland as starting points: the Whangarei Harbour catchment; Mangere, which flows into the Kaipara; and Waitangi, for the Bay of Islands, and all farmers in these catchments are invited to participate.”

“But we’re available to advise, provide options for, and potentially to fund, agreed projects within farm catchments that

will improve water quality. We’re not talking about things like effluent management systems — our role is outside the dairy shed operation — soil conservation, fencing and planting waterways.”

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Modern tractors can run to some pretty impressive sizes, with the large 200 horsepower-plus category often sporting wheels as tall as a small building and more high-tech electronics than the space shuttle. But spare a thought for the tractor drivers who were tasked with operating this agricultural behemoth — the eight-wheeled, V-16 monster they called ‘Big Bud’.

‘Bud’ is a custom-built cultivator tractor constructed by the Northern Manufacturing Company’s Ron Harmon, and it holds the title of the biggest agricultural tractor ever. Here are the figures — an earth shattering 3200 Newton Metres of torque is churned out by Bud’s 24 litre 16 cylinder engine, a unit which alone weighs as much as a small hatchback. Two superchargers and two turbochargers crank the horsepower up to a staggering total of 1000 — equal to the output of the Bugatti Veyron hypercar. The giant ‘Bud’ is an impressive

eight metres long, four and a half metres tall and six metres wide — truly an epic feat of cultivation technology.

At a cost of $300,000 us dollars (back in 1977) this titanic machine had to earn its keep, and over the years it has proven that size does matter. Big Bud can cultivate an acre per minute towing a vast specialist cultivation harrow, or perform deep tine ripping to aerate soil on a huge scale.

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After over 30 years of hard labour Bud was put out to pasture at the Heartland Acres agricultural museum in Iowa, but the big tractor has never lost its title.

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Norwood farm machinery are well known today as the nation’s largest distributor of agricultural technologies, allied with the internationally successful Zuellig group of ag-machinery professionals.

But the history of this company goes back far beyond the high-powered and computerised machinery which modern farms rely on, and parallels the development of modern farming practices in New Zealand.

That’s because the Norwood name has always been associated with technological advancement in this country — from coachbuilder and company founder Sir Charles Norwood who first brought Ford vehicles to these shores, through to his son Sir Walter Norwood, who brought us the Ferguson TE20 tractor.

As well as being socially minded philanthropists (helping establish, among other things, the Wellington Free Ambulance, Wellington Botanic Gardens and the NZ Crippled children’s Society) Sir Charles and Sir Walter were both notable technological innovators, especially in the field of the combustion engine

and the mechanisation of rural NZ.

A look through Norwood’s current catalogue reveals names such as Case IH, New Holland, Kuhn, Kubota and many more, with a wide range of specialist machinery imported from around the world.

Norwood’s staff are more than just machinery dealers — they know the needs of Kiwi farmers, and select the perfect machines for the job. This also means an in-depth knowledge of parts and service requirements, so customers can be certain that their new investment will stand the test of time.

As 2013’s field days approaches, it’s interesting to muse on just what the late Sir Charles Norwood would make of the extreme level of technology used in modern farming. From his vantage of over a century (for he was born in 1871), it’s likely that this self-made Kiwi success story would find that our methods may have changed, but the average Kiwi farmer is just as down to earth as ever. And we’re certain he’d be proud of the company which carries his name into the future.

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The Honda Gold Wing has always been a little different from other motorcycles in its class — the heavyweight cruiser category which dominates long-distance runs. Offering up lashings of power and torque from a big 1800cc engine (almost twice the size of the hefty 1000cc original 1975 edition), the Gold Wing has been embraced by those riders who value comfort in the saddle over chrome and flames. To put it delicately, the Gold Wing came to be the favourite of ‘veteran’ riders, accruing more and more accessories over the years until many in the chopper-and-bobber set scornfully called the big Honda ‘a two wheeled car’.

While it’s all fine and good to own a market niche — and you can believe that the Gold Wing absolutely did — the powers that be at Honda are all about smashing stereotypes. Rather than arguing that the consummate cruising power of the Gold Wing and its suite of luxuries are perfect for all comers,

Honda have brought us a stripped-down, pared-back and sportier version of their big cruiser for 2013, in the form of the F6B.

This touring bike follows the trend set by US manufacturers such as Victory for a more streamlined machine, sacrificing hard-case stowage for cleaner lines. But don’t be fooled into thinking that comfort has been thrown out with the ostentatious extras of previous Gold Wing models. The F6B still boasts a stereo system, ample storage for weekends away and a smooth ride thanks to anti-dive front forks and Pro-link single swingarm rear suspension.

Lighter than the GL1800 (the ‘big daddy’ Gold Wing), the F6B enters the market as direct competition to the Victory Vision and Triumph Rocket III, though its unique six cylinder horizontally opposed engine provides a very different riding experience (and look) to either of these contenders.

Honda’s big tourer is set to appeal to a whole new demographic with its more aggressive looks, but the good news for fans of the marque is that the comfort and silky-smooth torque delivery of the Gold Wing remain as a benchmark for bikes of this size in 2013. If you want to arrive feeling fresh rather than frazzled, perhaps the F6B is just the machine for you.

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December was quite a month for automaker Suzuki, who are proud to announce a double win for their flagship small car, the Swift. Not only has the feisty little hot hatch clinched the title of best small car at the AMI Insurance New Zealand Autocar Car of the Year awards, it’s followed up this accolade with top honours in its class at the prestigious 2012 Automobile Association New Zealand Motoring Writers Car of the Year awards as well.

It’s a decisive one-two punch from the new generation Swift, equaling the feats of its preceding model back in 2007. Motoring journalists around the world have embraced the nimble handling, frugal fuel economy and fun factor of Suzuki’s supermini, and it’s well on its way to an eighth year as New Zealand’s favourite small car.

Even the famously argumentative trio of Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond of BBC TV’s Top Gear are in agreement that the Swift is a great machine — a claim which can only be made for three cars out of the thousands on offer.

Clarkson said of the Swift: “As a tool, it’s fairly close to faultless. But what sets it apart from other Japanese hatchbacks is that, like the old Swift, it has a personality.”

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The battery may very well have been invented in ancient Mesopotamia, but its modern form goes back over 100 years.

Electrical pioneers like Edison would easily recognise even the most modern car batteries of today — and they’d be able to tell you about their biggest problem, too.

All lead acid batteries suffer from sulphation — the build up of the element sulphur inside from regular use. It’s unavoidable, and even batteries new off the shelf already have the beginnings of sulphation, and this is the process which will fi nally fi nish off many batteries.

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“It is the icing on a sweet Swift cake, a model that continues to do extraordinarily well,” said Tom Peck, Suzuki’s General Manager of Marketing. “The Swift is taking just under 24 per cent of New Zealand’s light car market, while its nearest rival has less than 16 per cent penetration.”

Here in New Zealand there are six variants of the Swift to choose from, right up to the exciting Swift Sport which supplies the thrills of a much more powerful car in a neat, practical package. But the success of the little machine has proven to be global, with further plaudits coming in from the likes of What Car? Australia Wheels and Auto Express, among others.

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Children enjoy the safe, fun little four stroke machines of course, but adults up to 120kgs fi nd them irresistible too! As their reputation grows and more people give drift karting a try this ‘little brother’ to the drift racing craze is gaining momentum.

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Let’s try drift’nThe Jeep Wrangler is one of a

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In 2013 the military bearing of the Wrangler hasn’t relaxed one bit — it’s still a machine which looks ready to tackle anything thrown against it. But the big surprise for those who test drive this latest all-American off roader is under the hood, where a tectonic shift in power has revitalised the brand, erasing all criticism of the Wrangler as ‘slow’ or ‘soft’.

Such comments were indeed levelled at previous models packing a sub-200-horsepower straight six, but now the Wrangler gains a new power plant, direct from the incredibly popular Chrysler 300C. The 3.6 litre mill is actually smaller than the big 4-litre engine of the ‘old school’ Jeep, but it churns out an ample 285 horses,

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Traditional roll bars on quads have been known to cause injury themselves, as the full weight of the bike comes down on a rigid structure. Because of this, Ag-Tech Industries of Dargaville

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The Lifeguard quad bike safety device has piqued the interest of Government departments and health and safety organisations in both New Zealand and in Australia. The difference is that it is not a hard, ridged roll bar but is passive and flexible and will deflect around a person’s body, limbs or head on impact. Despite this flexibility it will not collapse

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I appreciate that disproving one theory doesn’t prove another. So, I can’t say that this evidence is conclusive, that it is diet that causes the problems for those cows, but I can say that there has to be a problem with the corium (live tissue) on the inside of the claw. Especially if you see sole ulcers in claws, as shown in the photo, when the cow in question is a beef cow! This animal doesn’t even know what a stone looks like. It doesn’t get pushed over tracks, doesn’t have to stand on yards and isn’t under stress. So, if it is not physical force that caused this problem, and the young lush grass had nothing to do with it, then what caused this sole ulcer?

One other thing I want to mention is water. Cows would do much better if they had plenty of access to water. Often when they leave the paddock for milking they don’t have any water available until they get back into the paddock. That is way too long, especially on hot days. I wonder how it would go if there were single drinking pots in every stand on the platform in the cow shed. It would be a good way to get cows onto the platform and may even work better than meal. I would be very interested in receiving your feedback on this topic.

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As we now are in the holiday season it may be a good time to think about food. Food for cows, I mean! There is still a lot of discussion on whether or not diet has an effect on hoof health. If we think about the many different ways our human bodies can react to various foods and the outward symptoms we observe, then it is not illogical to also think that our cows can present with physical symptoms that are indicative of dietary imbalances or intolerances.

I am a strong advocate for the inclusion of a greater amount of straw in our cow’s diet. One of the main arguments I encounter with this suggestion is that straw would substitute grass and therefore minimise energy intake and subsequently reduce milk production. I am not a nutritionist, but I would like to explain what has influenced my thinking based upon my regular observations of the cows’ feet I deal with. With this evidence you can make up your own mind whether or not diet has an impact on hoof health.

We trim around 15,000 cows in a year.

This is a combination of preventative and curative trimming. Out of those 15,000 cows there may be a handful of cows that show no haemorrhage at all; so, therefore, most cows in New Zealand have haemorrhaging or bruising in their hooves. Admittedly, in some of those cows you have to look carefully for the haemorrhage but, nevertheless it is there. The interesting thing is that most cows have the same pattern of haemorrhage where the main bruise is in the spot where

the sole ulcer is shown on the cow in picture 1. The sole ulcer in the picture is just an advanced stage of a normal bruise. If the bruising happens because of external force then why do they look so similar? If they were caused by standing on stones then I would expect a much more even pattern over the whole claw. Sometimes I

clean the wall of the claw with my grinder just to see what symptoms can be found there. In the second picture you can see some haemorrhage in the wall of the claw. How does it get there? If you look at this evidence, it is hard to argue that those bruises are caused by the physical causes that so many people believe.

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None of the press releases to date regarding the withdrawal of the nitrification inhibitor DCD from the market have clearly identified the real reason.

The real reason is international ‘free’ trade. Just like Australian apple producers fighting for decades to keep our apples out, dairy farming interests in the United States are terrified what a free trade agreement between the USA and New Zealand could lead to.

Just like happened with apples, they look for a problem — in this case chemical not disease — that there ‘might be’ with our milk. With modern analytical chemistry technology, you can find traces of chemicals that were simply not able to be detected as recently as 15 or 20 years ago, even though they were there. So if you find something that doesn’t normally exist in milk, so matter how trivial the concentration, or how totally harmless to health it might be, you can classify it as a ‘contaminant’, and potentially use it as a trade barrier.

Unlike melanine ( the chemical that, unbeknown to Fonterra, was being added directly to its milk in China to artificially give it a higher ‘estimated protein’ content, and is actually seriously dangerous to health), DCD is harmless,

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But putting international trade infighting to one side, how does the DCD get into the milk? Most likely, by direct uptake through the leaves by pasture after application. We know that urea can get directly into plants through the leaves, so why not DCD? This mode of uptake is much more likely with Ravensdown’s DCD spray eco-N that it would be with Ballance’s DCn, a granulated mix of DCD and urea, but even granules can adhere to foliage long enough to dissolve. Small amounts may also be taken up through the roots, but roots take up most of their N requirements as nitrate, not urea ( and therefore, DCD).

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Forestry Report NORTHERN FOREST PRODUCTS

Strong demand for NZ logs in China continues to underpin increased harvest activity throughout

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NZ port inventories were low coming out of Christmas and inventories in China have reached the lowest level in two years. Prices of logs cut for India, Korea and Japan are all being dragged along by the Chinese demand and this has ensured log prices kicked off the year firm with A grade atNZ$108–110/JAS.


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losing any of your trees to fire is a devastating experience. A Forests and Rural Fire policy might help you recover fire-fighting costs, but it won’t replace your trees. Clarify your insurance policy or talk further to your insurance broker if you are uncertain. A few simple precautions can greatly reduce the risk and incidence of fire while contractors are operating in your forest in periods of high fire danger. These include safety compliant machinery and equipment equipped with spark arrestors, adequate extinguishers and engines clear of light combustible debris or leaking oil. Having basic fire fighting equipment on site such as shovels, knap-sack sprayer and water and stopping work between the peak

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The second tranche of pre–1990 NZU’s are being allocated as you read this column so be patient, yours won’t be far away, unless of course you have opted to offset plant in which case your second tranche has been forfeited. With an unfathomable oversupply of Kyoto compliant carbon credits in the market it’s no wonder the NZU prices are hovering just above $2.00. For forest owners, participating in the ETS is like hand picking olives, not overly inspiring, which is why I’m picking the government is so quick off the mark with the second tranche — there must be a lot of staff at the Ministry twiddling their thumbs.

California has demonstrated how a carbon market can work well with their recently launched Californian Carbon Allowances (CCAs) averaging NZ$18.07 in 2013. I’m not fazed about NZ exiting Kyoto, but the next step is to limit the fungibility in NZ of limitless numbers of UN and European sanctioned carbon credits that overhang the market. Just like logs, it’s all about supply and demand.

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in all three regions for the life of the jetski. Ownership can be transferred free of cost if the jetski is sold,” says Mr Surendran adding it’s illegal to use unregistered jetskis in Northland waters and people flouting the bylaws risk an instant fine of $200.

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the effective grazing area increased by 4.3%.

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One of the great banes

of farming life, the effective

ban on driving an agricultural

vehicle on the road, is about

to disappear.

From May 1 next year it

will for the fi rst

time be legal

to drive a tractor, forage or

combine harvester on the road

without vehicle registration,

a Warrant or Certifi cate of

Fitness, and without having to

prove you haven’t worked too

long that day.

In a coup for Federated

Farmers, the Government

is presently accepting fi nal

submissions on a draft “Land

Transport Rule: Agricultural

Vehicles Omnibus 2012” review

of the rules and laws applying

to agricultural vehicles using

the public roads.

Submissions

close at

the end of this month, but

Feds’ transport

spokesman

Ian Mackenzie, who farms at

Eiffelton in Mid-Canterbury,

told Canterbury Farming there’s

already wide agreement among

interested bodies with the draft

as it stands, and he expects it

to

be ratifi ed by the Government

largely unchanged.

The changes will mean

that purpose-built agricultural

vehicles — excluding trucks

and utilities — will not need

either registration or a Warrant/

Certifi cate of Fitness to

drive on

the road as long as they don’t

go any faster than 40kph.

by Hugh de LacyNor will th

e drivers of such

vehicles need special licences

or have to abide by the time-

limits for working hours that

apply to highway truck drivers.

The only modifi cation

that agricultural vehicles will

require will be a fl ashing amber

light, and they will be allowed

to tow trailers.

“If you operate an

agricultural vehicle under

40kph, basically you’re exempt

from everything farmers

were having trouble with,”

Mackenzie said.

“You only need a Class One

licence — that’s the fi rst

level

on the driver’s licence — and

this enables overseas students

to come and drive as long as

they’ve got their own driver’s

licence, and they don’t have

to go through the regime of a

heavy traffi c [HT] licence.

“You’re also exempt from

work/time rules, which is a real

bonus,” he said.

Work/time rules were

introduced years ago to ensure

that truck-drivers did not

become an unacceptable risk

to other road-users by working

too long without a break.

These proved frustrating,

if not entirely unworkable, to

tractor and harvester drivers

who frequently do long hours

at the wheel in the paddock,

and were previously required

to observe rest and stand-down

periods before they took their

machines onto the road, often

only for short distances to the

next work-site.

“If they’d been working

a paddock for seven hours or

something, and they’d maybe

been working seven days

straight, the moment they

went on the road they were

subject to the work/time rules,”

Mackenzie said.

“The Ministry of Transport,

the Police and the Government

were being sensible in saying

if agricultural vehicles are

operating under 40kph, a)

they’re less of a hazard on the

road, and b) the chances are that

farmers aren’t going very far

with them, so they’ve exempted

farmers from registra

tion.”

Mackenzie added that there

would be a rule covering better

lighting of agricultural vehicles,

“and we’ll be encouraging

farmers to think about making

themselves visible before they

go on the road.

“It’s a quid pro quo for the

concessions we’ve got out of

this,” Mackenzie said.

The Government’s

announcement of the opening

of submissions on the draft

rules included a statement that,

when ratifi ed, they will save

farmers $51m a year.

Mackenzie said he was

not sure how that fi gure

was calculated, but it would

represent a considerable saving

for farmers in time and red tape,

no less than in money.

Among agricultural

contractors welcoming the

changes is Martin Bruce of

Hororata company M.A. Bruce

Ltd, which runs three forage

harvesters plus

associated

loaders and trucks, mainly in

the mid-central Canterbury

silage-making industry.

“There were a whole

lot of anomalies in the

whole thing,” Bruce told

Canterbury Farming.

“For something like a

combine or forage harvester,

the contractor theoretically had

to have it on a G registra

tion,

but it depended on who you

talked to when you registered

your vehicle.

“Some people registered

on EB registration, some on

G, and you were supposed to

pay a time licence but when

you went to pay it they’d

tell you it only applied to a

tractor [not machines like

forage harvesters].

“If it wasn’t a tractor some

people were being told to

register it on an N registra

tion

which covers mopeds and

buses,” Bruce said.

The review of road safety

rules as they apply to agricultural

vehicles was

driven by

Federated Farmers, prompting

the Ministry of Transport to

form a review team which

included representatives of the

former Department of Labour

(now part of the Ministry

of Business,

Innovation

and Employment), the New

Zealand Transport Agency and

the Police Commercial Vehicle

Investigation Unit.

The Feds’ Ian Mackenzie

said, “credit for driving the

changes through the political

system should go to Nick Clark

of the federation’s Christchurch

offi ce, and Mid-Canterbury

arable section chairman David

Clark, who farms at Valetta in

Mid-Canterbury.”

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either registration or a Warrant/

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drive on

the road as long as they don’t

go any faster than 40kph.

“If you operate an

agricultural vehicle under

40kph, basically you’re exempt

from everything farmers

were having trouble with,”

“You only need a Class One

licence — that’s the fi rst

level

on the driver’s licence — and

this enables overseas students

to come and drive as long as

they’ve got their own driver’s

licence, and they don’t have

to go through the regime of a

heavy traffi c [HT] licence.

“You’re also exempt from

work/time rules, which is a real

bonus,” he said.

Work/time rules were

introduced years ago to ensure

that truck-drivers did not

become an unacceptable risk

to other road-users by working

too long without a break.

These proved frustrating,

if not entirely unworkable, to

tractor and harvester drivers

who frequently do long hours

at the wheel in the paddock,

and were previously required

to observe rest and stand-down

periods before they took their

machines onto the road, often

only for short distances to the

next work-site.

“If they’d been working

a paddock for seven hours or

something, and they’d maybe

been working seven days

straight, the moment they

went on the road they were

subject to the work/time rules,”

Mackenzie said.

“The Ministry of Transport,

the Police and the Government

were being sensible in saying

if agricultural vehicles are

operating under 40kph, a)

they’re less of a hazard on the

road, and b) the chances are that

farmers aren’t going very far

with them, so they’ve exempted

farmers from registra

tion.”

Mackenzie added that there

would be a rule covering better

lighting of agricultural vehicles,

“and we’ll be encouraging

farmers to think about making

themselves visible before they

go on the road.

“It’s a quid pro quo for the

concessions we’ve got out of

this,” Mackenzie said.

The Government’s

announcement of the opening

of submissions on the draft

rules included a statement that,

when ratifi ed, they will save

farmers $51m a year.

Mackenzie said he was

not sure how that fi gure

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